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I.E. the purest without a net raw dogging trout. Or the guy fishing barbless plopping trout back into the water from a foot or 2 above the surface rather than letting them regain their bearing, think “oh I’m fishing barbless so that fish will live.”

Vs. Someone who is fishing barbed and again this is from what I’ve seen, will rarely even touch the fish, will simply pull out the hook with some pliers without ever having to handle it.

We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers
And sitting by desolate streams;
World losers and world forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams.

I.E. the purest without a net raw dogging trout. Or the guy fishing barbless plopping trout back into the water from a foot or 2 above the surface rather than letting them regain their bearing, think “oh I’m fishing barbless so that fish will live.”

Vs. Someone who is fishing barbed and again this is from what I’ve seen, will rarely even touch the fish, will simply pull out the hook with some pliers without ever having to handle it.

A properly balanced flyrod across the traps is shown to reduce trout mortality by 3.203%

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My last trip to Dukes, I watched a fly fisherman "playing" a huge brown from the pool below the pavilion at the uppermost end. He said he had to wear it down cause he was fishing 6X. He probably fought the fish for at least 5 minutes, and then kept it out of the water for another two minutes while he and his buddy took multiple pictures.
I had to bite my tongue to not tell them they should have just gone ahead and put the dying fish on a stringer.

Most of the studies Iíve read suggest the major factors in C&R mortality are most importantly the amount of time the fish is out of water, and secondly over-playing the fish. The only significant factor with barbed hooks is the increased time it takes to remove the hook.

I almost never use anything smaller than 5X, and if I canít get the fish in quickly... it breaks off, which is ok. I donít see any reason to lift a big fish out of the water for a pict - either keep it in the net half submerged, or cradle it in both hands again half submerged so the water helps support the body.

Really big trout are just too special a creature to kill just so you can have another fish pict to post on the Internet.

I.E. the purest without a net raw dogging trout. Or the guy fishing barbless plopping trout back into the water from a foot or 2 above the surface rather than letting them regain their bearing, think “oh I’m fishing barbless so that fish will live.”

Vs. Someone who is fishing barbed and again this is from what I’ve seen, will rarely even touch the fish, will simply pull out the hook with some pliers without ever having to handle it.

The biggest variable impacting angling mortality is water temperature. At 58*, you can punt a trout to the next drainage and it will be fine. At 68*, it will die from an angry look.

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Lots of people ignore the rules at Dukes. I caught about an 18-19" rainbow in section 1 several years back that had a snelled, barbed baitholder hook stuck in its throat with about 6" of line hanging from its mouth. I have found worm boxes and corn cans along most sections of Dukes. I haven't fished it in about 5 years but it sounds like nothing has changed.

Never to cold to be on the water!

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Lots of people ignore the rules at Dukes. I caught about an 18-19" rainbow in section 1 several years back that had a snelled, barbed baitholder hook stuck in its throat with about 6" of line hanging from its mouth. I have found worm boxes and corn cans along most sections of Dukes. I haven't fished it in about 5 years but it sounds like nothing has changed.

I must have dropped my can of corn after eating my cheese and corn sandwich which I take to all the streams that are artificial only.